Question

I’m trying to generate an executable. the packages I am using are

import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pylab import *
from numpy import *  

the setup.py is the following

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import matplotlib

setup(console=['<python file>'],data_files=matplotlib.get_py2exe_datafiles(),)   

but I get an error related to pyplot.pyc

Import Error: no module named backend_tkagg

any way around to fix it?

Answer 1

You should include the matplotlib module explicitly.
If you do that you can get some errors from unavailable dlls, so then you should exclude them.
A setup that works for me with your file:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import matplotlib

setup(console=['afile.py'],
      options={
               'py2exe': {
                          'packages' :  ['matplotlib', 'pytz'],
                          'dll_excludes': ['libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libgobject-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libglib-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libcairo-2.dll',
                                         'libpango-1.0-0.dll',
                                         'libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll',
                                         'libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll',
                                         'libglade-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libgmodule-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'libgthread-2.0-0.dll',
                                         'QtGui4.dll', 'QtCore.dll',
                                         'QtCore4.dll'
                                        ],
                          }
                },
      data_files=matplotlib.get_py2exe_datafiles(),)